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Successor to THE FREE LANCE, est. 1887
Published Tuesday through Saturday mornings inclusive
daring the College year by the staff of The Daily CoHegiae
of The Pennsylvania State College.
Entered, as second-class matter July &, 1934, at the State
College, Pa., Post Offiee under the act of March 3, 1879.
Collegian editorials represent the viewpoint at the
writers, not necessarily the policy of the newspaper. Un
signed editorials are by the editor.
Dare Pellnitx Franklin S. Kelly
Editor Business Mgr.
STAFF THIS ISSUE
Editorial Staff: Night editor, Phil Austin; Copy
editors, Nancy Ward, Mary Lou Adams; Assis
tants, Nancy Fortna, Herman Weiskopf, Bob
Dunn, Elissa Garner, Joan Knoll, Peggy Reilly;
Photographer, Bill Boyles. ,
Advertising Staff: Louise Caspary.
Earlier Elections
Would Be Beneficial
As evidenced by several recent stories in the
Daily Collegian, many campus organizations are
now looking over the field for their officers
and leaders for next year. In some organizations,
such as Women’s Student Government Associa
tion, there seems to be a wealth of candidates.
Other organizations are somewhat disturbed by
an apparent lack of talent along their particular
lines.
In the past few years, this “looking over the
field” has been getting earlier and earlier. The
reason for this has been the realization on the
part of campus leaders that the growth of the
College and their* own organizations necessitates
a more extensive period in which to train their
successors.
Many groups have allowed themselves a
month in which to train the people who are
to take over their jobs. One notable exception
to this, however, is All-College Cabinet. This
year the All-College elections will be held
April 22 and 23, with the inauguration of -the
-Winning, candidates scheduled for April 27.
Honors Day.
The job of All-College president is un
doubtedly the toughest one a student at Penn
State can undertake. But the man who will
assume the job this year will have a scant
four weeks in which to confer with his prede
cessor, and those four weeks will come at a
lime when the present office-holder would no
doubt like and indeed deserves to get a little
rest and catch up on his semester's work. The'
some holds true for the other All-College
officers.
It is too late to do anything about the situa
tion this year, but the All-College elections
committee should keep it in mind for the future.
By holding the elections late in March, the out
going students would have a whole month in
which to instruct and inform their successors
before they take office, plus another -month
after they take office to help them along with
any problems which might arise.
In addition, the holding of the elections early
would make losing candidates (who are in most
cases outstanding students) available to fill
other important jobs which need good people to
handle them. Also, th'ere is little going on in
March with which the campaigning candidates
would have to contend. This year’s group will
be campaigning in the midst of Greek Week
and faces competition from a Thespian show,
the IFC-Panhel Ball, and houseparty weekend,
among other things.
Penn State's student government setup is
recognized as one of the best in the country.
But because we hold this honor, we should
not lei ourselves slip into the feeling that the
sysem cannot be improved. There is always
room for improvement.
Forum Should Seek
Students’ Opinions
Tonight Begum Iltramullah, Pakistan, states
woman, will speak to the Commu'nity .Forum
audience in the' last of this year’s series. Un
fortunately, the stateswoman from Pakistan will
probably speak to the usual small, but inter
ested, audience which the forum has drawn
this year.
Upon examining the speakers that Chairman
Elton S. Carter, professor of speech, and his
committee have brought to the campus this
year, it is difficult to reach any sound con
clusion as to why the turnout has been so poor
for the forum. ■
In addition to hearing Miss Ikramullah to
night, forum-goers have heard Marquis Childs,
syndicated news columnist; Elsa Lanchester,
presented by Paul Gregory, in character sket
ches; Walter Judd, Republican Congressman
from Minnesota; and Hodding Carter, editor of
the Greenville, Miss.; Times-Democrat. This
list certainly is a satisfactory one, particularly
when you consider the season tickets’ small
cost—s 3. '
But, apparently students and faculty did not
think so and thus have contributed to what
appears to be a partial-failure of the forum for
the 1952-53 season.
As the forum has worked in the past, it was
customary to have a sixth speaker announced
later in the season. This season, however, it was
impossible to arrange for a “bonus speaker”
because of the poor ticket sales which led to a
lack of funds.
It is particularly unfortunate that one of
the programs which could be so enlightening
and entertaining to a large segment of .the cam
■pus population has to be a failure. We wonder
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
what will go next. Do literary functions have
no place' on this campus? ;
Even the "lightest" of the forum presenta
tions did not get a "full house." We refer to
Miss Lanchester. We feel, therefore, that be
fore time, effort, and money are invested into
next year's program, student opinion should
be sought to determine where the interest
lies. If there* is no interest (which would be
disheartening) it appears that the only solu
tion would be to dissolve the forum.
True, it would not be fair to the interested
few, but then again, it isn't fair to bring
speakers to the campus and have them face
an audience that barely fills half the seats in
Schwab Auditorium.
Safety Valve
Thompson Coeds Happy
TO' THE EDITOR: Femininity has made a
gain, and the girls in Thompson Hall are plea
santly surprised and very happy. The reason:
yesterday the housekeeping department in
stalled long, full-view mirrors in the halls, and
Thompson has lost one aspect of being merely
a converted men’s dormitory. We no longer need
feel that we walked in on the heels of the
former male occupants.
The girls in Thompson last year began urg
ing for the mirrors, and Mrs. Priscilla Meckley,
housekeeper in charge of the West Dorms, par
ried it through. Needless to say, Thompson
coeds appreciate the addition
Gazette...
. Wednesday, March 4
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GENERAL AGRICULTURE CLUB. 7 p.m.,
210-! Agriculture.
NEWMAN CLUB, 7:45 p.m., 107 Willard.
PERSHING RIFLES, 7 p.m., Armory, class A
uniform, rifles.-
, PHOTOGRAPHERS, staff and candidates,
8 p.m., 9 Carnegie.
RIDING CLUB, 7 p.m., 317 Willard.
WRA BOWLING CLUB, 7 p.m., White Hall
alleys.
WRA MODERN DANCE CLUB, 7 p.m., White
Hall dance room.'
COLLEGE HOSPITAL
Morton Farber, Larry Fornicola, Shirley Ga
ble, Charles Gauntt' Edward Haag, Marilyn
Johnson, Janice Karp, Charles Lahr, Carol Lee,
Sandra Naylor, Phyllis Pollock, Anne Rebholz,
Doris Riebman, Anne Roess, Isabelle Schade,
Jane Sehrope, James Smith, Richard Stuckey,
John Syzdek, Geraldine Tubis, Elizabeth Ward,
Arlene Weingarten, Charles Yarbrough, Ber
nard Yormak.
COLLEGE PLACEMENT
Complete lists of visiting representatives are available
«t d the College Placement Office in 212 Old Main. Interviews
can be arranged and information secured at the office.
Kimberly Clark Corporation will interview B.S. candidates in
Phys., Chem., Accounting, Chem. Eng., C.E., E.E., 1.E.,
and M.E., March 9.
Touche, Niven Bailey & Smart will interview Accounting
majors, March 9.
Hercules Powder Company will»interview June and sum
mer B.S. candidates in Chem. Eng., Chem., E.E. and
- M.E.,' March 9.
Dow Chemical Company will interview June and summer
8.5., M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in Chem. Phys., Chem.
Eng., 1.E.. M.E., and Metallurgy, March 9,
Sears, Roebuck & Company will interview June graduates
interested in a career with Seaps, March 9, 10, 11 and 12.
Burroughs Adding Machine (hHrfpany will interview June
and summer 8.5., M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in M.E.
and Physics, March 11.
U.S. Steel Company will interview graduates interested in
Industrial Sales, March 11.
National Tube will interview Commerce arid Economics and
Accounting majors, March 11.
Chicago Bridge &* Iron will interview June and summer B.S.
candidates in C.E., March 11. * <
Metropolitan Edison Company will interview June and sum
mer B.S. candidates in M.E. and-E.E., March 13.
National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics will interview
June and summer B.S. candidates in Mathematics, Chem
istry, Metallurgy, Physics, Chem. E., E.E., M.E., Aero.
• E.. C.C. and Arch E., March 13.
Hamilton Watch Company will interview June and summer
B. candidates in M.E. and E.E., Physics and Metal
lurgy, March 13.
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation will interview June and sum
mer B.S. and M.S. candidates in Aero 8., E.E.,
C. 1.E., and Physics March 12 and 13.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will interview June and
summer B.S. and M.S. candidates in Chemistry, C.E.,
1.E., E.E., M.E. and Chem. Eng., March 12 and 13.
Goodyear Atomic Corporation will interview June and sum-,
mer 8.5., M.S. and Ph.D. candidates in Physics, Chem
istry, Chem. E., E.E., M.E., 1.E., arid' C.E. March 12
and 13.
Parke, Davjs & Company will interview June and summer
B.S. and M.S. candidates in Bacteriology, Zoology and
Entomolgy and Chemistry March 12.
National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics will interview
June and summer B.S. candidates in Mathematics,
Chemistry, Metallurgy, Physics, Chem. E., E.E., M.E.,
Aero. E. f C.E. and Arch. E„ March 13.
Hamilton Watch Company will interview June and summer
B.S. candidates in M.E. and E.E., Physics and Metal
lurgy, March 13.
Factory Mutual Engineering Division will interview June
and summer B.S. candidates in C.E., Chem. E., / M.E.,
and 1.E., March 16.
Rohm & Haas Co. will interview June and summer B.S.
and M.S. candidates in Chemistry, Physics, C.E., and
M.E., March 16.
Rohm & Haas Co. will interview June and summer B.S.
candidates in Commerce & Economics, C.E., and Chem
istry for sales, March 16.
International Latex Corporation will interview June and
summer B.S. candidates in Chemistry, Commerce
Economics, Accounting, C.E.,. I.E. and M.E., March IG.
Pennsylvania Railroad will interview June and summer B.S.
candidates in Mech. E. and E.E., March 16.
General Electric Company will interview June and summer
B.S. candidates in Accounting and Commerce & Eco
nomics, March 16 and 17,
Worthington Corp. will interview June and summer. B.S.
candidates in Physics, C.E., Chem. E., E.E., 1.E., M.E.
and Sanitary Eng., March 16.
Rohn & Haas Company will interview June and summer B.S.
and M.S. candidates in Chem., Chem. and Me
chanical Eng., B.S. candidates in. Commerce and Eco
nomics, March 16.
STUDENT EMPLOYMENT
Coafrle without children wanted for summer job near State
College,
Camp Cherokee. Pa.» will interview March 6. r
Hiram House Camp and Camp Cleveland will interview
March 9.
Camp Conrad Weiser, Pa., will interview. March 10.
Trail’s End Camp, Pa., will interview March 14.
Boys wanted to work for meals on Fridays, Saturdays, and
Sundays, for the test of the semester.
Licensed beauty operator wanted for full or part-time job.
—Mi mi Ungar
—Nancy Gray
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"Here's lh' book you requested, sir—it just came in."
Olte Osier Oeu^e
By BARRY FEIN
A lot of people first run-into the oommate” in a grade
school spelling quiz. Others,-.however, have their first intercourse
with this, creature of the two m’s upon matriculation at the College.
Now, you must certainly know
what a roommate, is like. Why,
even after only one semester in
college, you are already accli
mated to the vagaries of living
with one.
Think for a moment. Here is- a
person to whom you’re not mar
ried —yet you sleep with him, eat
with him, pal ( around _ with him,
fight with him, and, in general,
live with him. (Of course, if you’re
,a coed you may substitute the
word “her.”)- «. .
Anyway, it usually works out
f so that your roommate is your
direct opposite. If you like to
keep the shades up and the
windows open and breathe in
plenty of that fresh State Col
lege air—you can be sure that
your roommate will be a New
Yorker, who, if he were hit' by
a ray of sunshine, would be
killed.
So what happens? You open
the window before .you go to your
8 o’clock. Your roommate closes it
before he goes, coughing and
choking from the air, to his
9 o’clock. ■
You come back to the room
and are overcome by the hot air
which smashes through the door
into your face.
“Why, that so-and-so!” you ex
claim. “He closed the blankety
blank window again!” . \
With violence, you open the
window. When . your roommate
comes in for lunch there is a
short to-do over the window. Af
ter you give in to his desire to
close it (merely so you can get
to lunch on time), you walk out
into the fresh air, wondering how
he can stand it.
Of course, some fraternities
have dormitory sleeping arrange
ments, so this problem is magni
fied many times; instead of hav
ing only one roommate you have
many.
Here, the case is just a little
different. That is, the windows
are always wide open. The
polar bears of the room, though,
in the minority, have convinced
all and sundry that they could
never exist without '"just a lit
tle air at night"
So what, happens? .Comes
morning, and you find a small
mountain' of snow on the foot
of your bed. Blinking hur
riedly, you discover that those
really, aren't midgets skiing;
down the slopes but your fro*- .
en toes, which have been un
covered all night, instead.
But this is - a -little. off. the sub-
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ject. • One roommate is plenty
without having a whole roomful.
Let’s add to our list the room
mate who just doesn’t like clas
sical music: Every night there
is a race to see who gets to the
radio: first. (Of course, it’s only
your radio!) What could be more
disconcerting when one wants to
hear Bach’s • “The Art of the
Fugue” than to hear all the ver
ses of “Wabash Cannonball” or “I
Never Knew God Made Honky
Tonk Angels?”
This problem is strained to the
bursting point when you each
have a radio. Between the move
ments of Beethoven’s “String
Quartet No. 14” on your radio
cut the overtones of > Station
WCKY, Cincinnati, advertising
500 live baby chicks, C.0.D., for
only $3.98.
■By this time, the baby chicks
don’t seem too bad.. The music
you’ve been hearing sounds like
the result of a truckload of. live
ducks smashing into a truckload
of empty milk cans. -
Then there is the roommate
who insists on keeping his half
of the room looking like the af
termath of a raid by Allied
fighter bombers on a Red am
munition dump.
This is embarrasing when, oth
ers come to visit. You must make
SOME illusion to the fact that
your desk is on THIS side-of the
room, and that the heaps of junk
growing like a malignant tumor
really belong to your' roommate.
But' even this is better than
the roommate who rushes home
every night to tell you about
his latest girl.
"This is it!" he shouts breath
lessly, as he crashes through
the doorway. "No kidding, she's
short, with nice short hair!"
Stunned, you can only mut
ter, "But yesterday you told me
you liked Janet because she's
tall and has nice long hair!"
"But that was yesterday," he
retorts, undaunted. "This is IT-
This is the one I'm gonna
marry.. Wait till you see .•. ."
At least you can be thankful
that he’s not the type of room
mate. who always b,brrows things.
He walks to class in the morning
wearing your coat and tie, carry
ing your old notebook, and wear
ing your fraternity pin because
he’s pinned (to one of your old
girls!) and “you never wear the
thing,; any way.” ,
Razor blades, toothpaste, Scotch
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